Get the complete latest details regarding upciming Bank Exams 2017-18, conducted by SBI, IBPS, and all the other governing bodies. In India, the Bank Exams have changed the entire landscape of the sector by employing young, volatile talents and absorbing them in a well paying, structured and secure job.
Bank jobs in India are highly sought after and bank aspirants, and also on the other hand, banks do major recruitment all over the country through various bank exams. Here, in this article, we’ll be giving a lot more clarity on all kinds of bank exams conducted in India, their exam dates, so that you can start preparations for you bank exams 2017-18 accordingly.
The bank exams are conducted primarily by IBPS. Likewise, SBI also conducts exams on its own and so do few other banks. Complete information about all the bank exams, the pattern and the kind of questions asked is available at SuperProfs, one of the leading online coaching hubs for Banking Exam.
Following below are the requisite details about the impending exams so that the aspirants get a head start.
Firstly, let’s take a look at all the bank exams conducted by IBPS. IBPS does bank recruitement accross proflies, like Probationalry Officer(PO), Specialist Officer(SO), and clerk. All these exams are conducted year long.
IBPS Bank Exams:
Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, or IBPS conducts the following exams:
- IBPS PO
- IBPS SO
- IBPS Clerk
These exams are conducted once a year. Refer the following timeline for the exams.
1. IBPS PO Exam Dates | 2017-18
IBPS PO exams 2017-18 registrations started in July 2017, and the exam will be conducted in October 2017. The complete recruitment process will get over by April 2018. All the students preparing for IBPS PO 2017-18 must go through the exam calendar mentioned below, and take note of the key dates like; registrationadmit card release, and exam dates.
In the table below, you can see the IBPS PO exam dates.
| IBPS PO | |
| Exam Calendar | Exam Date |
| Registration Start Date | July, 2017 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | August, 2017 |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | July – August, 2017 |
| Prelims Admit Card | September, 2017 |
| Prelims Exam Date | 07.10.2017, 08.10.2017, 14.10.2017 & 15.10.2017 |
| Prelims Result | November, 2017 |
| Mains Call Letter | November, 2017 |
| Online Mains Exam | 26.11.2017 |
| Mains Result Date | December, 2017 |
| Interview Admit card | January, 2018 |
| Interview Date | February, 2018 |
| IBPS PO Provisional Allotment | April, 2018 |
2. IBPS RRB Exam Dates | 2017-18
IBPS also conducts IBPS RRB exams, where RRB stands for Regional Rural Bank. This exam is a door to all the entry level jobs in government rural banks. The notification for IBPS RRB 2017-18 is out. The IBPS RRB exam is conducted in two phases- Prelims and Mains. The Prelims exam for IBPS RRB will be conducted in September 2017, while the mains exam for IBPS RRB will be conducted in November 2017.
| IBPS RRB VI | |
| Exam Calendar | Exam Dates |
| Registration Start Date | June, 2017 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | July, 2017 |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | July, 2017 |
| Call letter of Pre-Exam Training for Officer Scale- I | August, 2017 |
| Conduct of Pre-Exam Training for Officer Scale -I | October, 2017 |
| Call letter for Pre-Exam Training for Office Assistant | September, 2017 |
| Pre-Exam Training for Office Assistant | October, 2017 |
| Admit Card for RRB Prelims | Officer Scale- I : October 2017 Office Assistant : November 2017 |
| RRB Prelims Exam Dates – Officer Scale- I, Office Assistant | 09.09.2017, 10.09.2017, 16.09.2017, 17.09.2017, 23.09.2017 & 24.09.2017 |
| RRBs Officer Scale II & III Exam Dates (Single Exam) | 05.11.2017 |
| Results of Prelims Exam | Officer Scale-I : November, 2017 Office Assistant :December 2017 |
| Call letter for RRB Mains | Officer Scale-I : November, 2017 Office Assistant :December 2017 |
| RRB Mains Exam Dates | Officer Scale-I : 05.11.2017 Officer Assistant : 12.11.2017 |
| RRB Result of Mains (Officer Scale I, II, III) | Dec-17 |
| Call letter for Interview (Officer Scale I, II, III) | Dec-17 |
| RRB Interview Date (Officer Scale I, II, III) | Jan-18 |
3. IBPS Clerk Exam Dates | 2017-18
IBPS Clerk exam 2017-18 notifications are also out. Across India, recruitemt for 19243 posts will be done through IBPS CWE 2017-18 exam. Here there is no interview. The candidate has to clear the cut-off for prelims, to be able to sit for IBPS CWE Mains exam. The IBPS CWE Mains 2017 result will decide the selection of the candidates.
| Exam Schedule | Exam Date |
| Registration Start Date | August, 2017 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | September, 2017 |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | September, 2017 |
| Prelims Admit Card | October, 2017 |
| Prelims Exam Date | 02.12.2017, 03.12.2017, 09.12.2017 & 10.12.2017 |
| Prelims Result Date | January, 2018 |
| Mains Admit Card | January, 2018 |
| Clerk Mains Exam Date | 21.01.2018 |
| Provisional Allotment date of IBPS Clerk | April, 2018 |
4. IBPS SO Exam Dates | 2017-18
LIke IBSP PO, IBPS SO, is also another sought after exam for a mid-level govermnent bank job. IBPS SO will start its registrations in November 2017. This exam is conducted in 3 levels- Prelims, Mains and Interview. To appear for IBPS SO Mains, the candidate has to clear the cut-off for IBPS SO Prelims 2017. The major deciding factor to clear IBPS Mains 2017 is one’s performance in the technical domain.
| IBPS SO | |
| Exam Calendar | Exam Dates |
| Registration Start Date | November, 2017 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | December, 2017 |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | November – December 2017 |
| Prelims Admit Card | January, 2017 |
| Prelims Exam Date | 30.12.2017 & 31.12.2017 |
| Prelims Result Date | January, 2018 |
| SO Mains Exam Date | 28.01.2018 |
| SO Interview Date | March, 2018 |
| Provisional Allotment date of IBPS SO | After 01.04.2018 |
SBI Bank Exams:
SBI conducts independent exam for the posts of SBI PO and SBI Clerk and SBI SO. Following are the required details:
| SBI Probationary Officer: | |
| Exam Schedule | Exam Date |
| Registration Start Date | 07.02.2017 (date exceeded) |
| Last Date for Online Registration | 06.03.2017 (date exceeded) |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | 06.03.2017 (date exceeded) |
| Prelims Admit Card | 15.04.2017 (date exceeded) |
| Prelims Exam Date | 29.04.2017, 30.04.2017, 06.05.2017, 07.05.2017 (dates exceeded) |
| Prelims Result Date | 17.05.2017 (date exceeded) |
| Mains Admit Card | 22.05.2017 (date exceeded) |
| PO Mains Exam Date | 04.06.2017 (date exceeded) |
| PO Mains Result Date | 19.06.2017 |
| Call letter for Interview | 26.06.2017 |
| Group Exercises and Interview Date | 10.07.2017 |
| Final SBI PO Result | 05.08.2017 |
SBI Clerk Exam Dates | 2017-18
| SBI Clerk: | |
| Exam Schedule | Exam Dates |
| Registration Start Date | April, 2017 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | May. 2017 |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | April – May, 2017 |
| Prelims Admit Card | May, 2017 |
| Prelims Exam Date | May / June 2017 |
| Prelims Result Date | June / July 2017 |
| Mains Admit Card | July / August 2017 |
| Clerk Mains Exam Date | July / August, 2017 |
| Clerk Mains Result Date | September, 2017 |
SBI SO Exam Dates | 2017-18
| SBI Specialist Officer: | |
| Exam Schedule | Exam Dates |
| Registration Start Date | November, 2017 |
| Last Date for Online Registration | December, 2017 |
| Application Fees Payment (Online) | November – December, 2017 |
| SO Admit Card | January, 2018 |
| SO Exam Date | January, 2018 |
Apart from these major exams, there are few banks that conduct independent exams. Here is a compiled list of those bank exams:
| Name of Exam | Form details | Date of Exam |
| South Indian Bank Recruitment | March 22- March 31, 2017 | – |
|
RBI Grade B |
May 3 – May 23, 2017 | Phase I: June 17, 2017 |
| Phase II: July 7, 2017 | ||
| SBI SME (Special Management Executives) | May 3- May 18, 2017 | Online Exam: June 18, 2017 |
| Dena Bank | April 18- Ma7 9, 2017 | June, 2017 (tentative) |
| Federal Bank PO | June 2 – June 16, 2017 | 24.06.2017 |
| KVB PO | June 10- June 19, 2017 | July, 2017 |
We hope this article was helpful to provide you all the relevant details regaring Banks Exams 2017-18.
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